British Council English Courses at the LUISS 23/4

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Monday 23rd April 2012
4pm
GPI Group 16 Module B2.2


Lesson 8
Class


Literature: How reading novels can help you with your English.
Narrative Tenses: Past Simple & Continuous, Past Perfect Simple & Continuous.
Used to (+ infinitive) for past habits and repeated actions and states in the past.
Would (+ infinitive) for past repeated actions in the past.

Course-book:
Reading p. 60
Grammar - Narrative Tenses p. 61, p.144 - 5
Reading p. 62
Grammar - Would/Used To p. 63, p. 144 - 5

Homework

1. Grammar p. 145 G1, Q.2 (narrative tenses), P. 63 Q.8 (would/used to)
2. Noticing - do some extra reading or listening for your self study. Note the use of narrative tenses and would/used to for habitual actions in the past. 
3. Today we talked about how "evil" has been portrayed in literature and film. Look at the trailers for the films below. How are these characters "evil"? How are they different to classic "evil" figures from literature such as Bram Stoker's Dracula or Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Do you think people are born "evil"or do they become evil through their actions and the choices they make?

We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)

The Reader (2008)